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Last Thursday a total of 44 people were arrested in protests of fast food restaurant workers in New York and Los Angeles, during a series of demonstrations and strikes to demand a pay rise and to join unions. Spokeswoman of the New York Police Department (NYPD) said there were 19...

In order to help the West African countries affected by the outbreak of the Ebola virus, the European Union (EU) will allocate 140 million euros, the European Commission (EC) said this Friday in a statement. The governments of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria will be the...

Four penalties may face the banking establishments of the private financial system that denies credits to persons who fulfill all the requirements. The most serious is the closure of the institution. This case is applicable, according to the authorities of the Superintendence of...

In the coming days Ecuador will present to the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN for its Spanish acronym) its response to Resolution 1716, which ratifies the request to terminate Resolution 116 of the Committee of Foreign Trade (Comex). On August 18, th...

President Rafael Correa offered the morning of Thursday, September 4, to finance the difference of the cost of a bridge that wil connect Samborondónand Guayaquil. His statement was made ​​in response to the declaration of the Mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot, who plans ...

Environmentalist Marina Silva, whom the polls show as favorite for the presidential elections in October in Brazil, said on September 4 that she feels that herreligion condition generates “prejudice.” The candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party complained in an...

The president of France, François Holland, has defended himself from accusations of his former first lady Valerie Trierweiler, that he described poor people as “edentulous”, referring to those who can not afford dental care. Hollande, visibly outraged, stressed this...

Environmentalist Marina Silva, whom the polls show as favorite for the presidential elections in October in Brazil, said on September 4 that she feels that herreligion condition generates “prejudice.” The candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party complained in an...

The Superintendency of Companies and Securities (SC for its Spanish acronym) will dissolve in October 600 companies in Ecuador for not filing their balance sheets over the last two years, reported on 4 September the head of the inspection body, Suad Manssur, in an interview with...

The defense of former Ecuadorian Assemblyman Galo Lara arrested in Panama since June, has requested precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). His Lawyer, Panamanian Guillermo Cochez, met on September 4, in Washington with the Deputy...